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Melody Adventures (MA)
- Very beginner to about 4th year.
- Music fundamentals: notes, time values, staves, keys, rhythm, scales,chords, notation, etc.
- Provides the technical (hands-on) foundation needed for improvising chord accompaniments with their many variations.
- Chord understanding progresses together with technical, sight-reading and interpretive skills.
- Fully-arranged melodies and duets stay within the learned chord structure.
- Interesting arrangements in the MA Basics A & B give support to students providing their own accompaniment for many of the same melodies in the
KA Basics Series.
- Duets provide excellent reference for 2-hand accompaniment.
- Information windows give clear, concise explanations.
- Realistic storyline unfolds within the lyrics, titles and captions.
- ‘Note Find’ exercises are both fun and challenging.
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Keyboard Accompaniment
(KA) Basics
- Provides a wide variety of melodies.
- Generally, only the staff with the melody is
given.
- 4 major & 4 minor keys.
- Chords indicated by letter and/or Roman numeral
name.
- Chords: I(7), Im, IV(m), II(7), V(7,9) altered &
diminished.
- 20+ rhythmic styles.
- Accelerates the choosing of appropriate chords &
rhythm.
- By repeatedly choosing chords, chord
progressions and bass patterns, both the
decision-making and hearing skills are strengthened.
- A ‘Review Melodies’ section without any chord
indications concludes each of the books.
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The Keyboard Accompaniment
Course Gives the knowledge and skills necessary to provide a great accompaniment
to a given melody. With a wide variety of styles, rhythms and embellishments,
"The Keyboard Accompaniment Course" progressively introduces chords while
giving effective tools for key-changing, fills and endings. By preparing
accompaniments for 1-2 new melodies routinely, harmonic intuitiveness accelerates &
creativity is stimulated - to a point where creating an appropriate accompaniment becomes
instinctive. The same as learning any subject (or a new language), hearing and anticipating
harmonic changes and creating accompaniment in a style and rhythm that suits the melody can
require regular practice. QuenMar Music is confident however, that you will find the whole
experience very enjoyable.
NOTE TO ADULTS: The Keyboard Accompaniment Course
"Elements"
is ideal for learning most chords and 2-hand accompaniment while being comfortable
in a single major and a single minor key.
TO SEE & HEAR AUDIO SAMPLES, CLICK ON KA BASICS A, B, C, D, and/or THE KA COURSE BOOKS.
THEN CLICK 'more info'
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